By Jim Murphy The high humidity of last night (28-29 May) caused dollar spot disease to escalate. Until last night, symptoms on unprotected susceptible turf were minor. Susceptible grasses grown under low N fertility will typically havethe greatest damage from dollar spot. Annual bluegrass (Poa annua) is highly susceptible to dollar spot disease. In fact, you […]
Continue reading...May 29, 2013 Richard Buckley
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
Four-lined plant bugs are tearing up in the home landscape this week. This true bug feeds on more than 250 mostly herbaceous and small woody ornamental plants. Like Jack Reacher, they are alert, quick, and difficult to detect.
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May 29, 2013 Dean Polk, Dave Schmitt, and Atanas Atanassov
Fruit IPM Report: Week Ending 5/27/13
Fruit IPM Report 5-27-13 – Click to View | Download | Print In this report: Peach Apple Pear Scouting Calendar Blueberry Trap Counts
Continue reading...May 28, 2013 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez
Will The FDA Preventive Control Rules Affect Your Farm?
Proposed Rule: Good Manufacturing Practices and Hazard Analysis and Risk Based Preventive Controls for Human Food. This is another proposed rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act which will affect some packinghouses, specifically operations that qualified for the FDA Food Facility Registration. Farms are exempt from this rule IF they grow and harvest produce in one […]
Continue reading...May 28, 2013 Ann Gould
Fireblight in Ornamental Rosaceae
Recent reports bring to mind that warm and wet spring weather is perfect for development of the bacterial disease known as fireblight in susceptible hosts. Fireblight is caused by Erwinia amylovora, a bacterium that only affects plants in the rose family (Rosaceae). Some common hosts include apple, crabapple, cotoneaster, hawthorn, mountain ash, pyracantha, and pear.
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